In older version, raw data can be stored for maximum of 1 Month and lets user to drill down to each an every flow for identifying bandwidth spikes only for 30 Days.

Yes, 30 Days of raw storage is not sufficient when it comes to detail analysis for entire year to do capacity planning or Government Auditing. Certain countries mandate storing raw traffic flow data for more than 6 months.

When it comes to ISP or MSP, they want all their customer data to be stored for more than 3 months for accurate billing purpose.

All these things in mind, we NetFlow Analyzer team bought a new feature High Perf Reporting Engine.

What is this High Perf Reporting Engine?

The HighPerf Reporting Engine of ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer is a highly scalable database for raw storage alone, it can store raw data for more than 6 Months.

One can wonder storage of all the flows from devices for more than 6 Months might take huge disk space and report generation might be sluggish when looking for longer time period. The HighPerf Reporting Engine uses columnar database, which is best suited for instantaneous report generation for longer time period and compressed storage.

Following are the advantages offered by HighPerf Reporting Engine of NetFlow Analyzer.